You know I’ve got to confess, it looks like the BBC’s having something of a slow news day.
Either that …
Or the situation in Egypt is finally calming down enough to concentrate on other things.
Like the bank levy.
And the fact that Anonymous are acting up, again.
Dearie, dearie me.
At least if nothing else … ?
I know that someone — Debbi, bless her — agreed with me about the AMC remake of The Prisoner.
Lets get moving on, shall we … ?
Before I start on a real rant … !
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Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi — bless her — putting in her answers: along with bagging 5 out of 5, she also left me a comment on the post I’d done about the Outcasts opening episode. And told us some thoughts on Patrick McGoohan!
Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we … ? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video* …
Q1) 8th February, 1922, saw the first radio used in the White House: by which US President … ?Q2) 8th February, 1962, saw 8 people killed in riots in Paris: these were protesting about which county’s independence from France … ?Q3) 8th February, 1587, saw the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, on the orders of Elizabeth 1st: what was the name of the plot Mary was said to be involved in … ?Q4) 8th February, 1726, saw the Russian empire found what: the Imperial State Court, the Supreme Privy Council or Imperial Duma … ?Q5) And finally … 8th February, 1996, saw what was then the world’s largest online collaborative event take place: what was its name … ?
And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …
Q1) 7th February, 1907, saw the Mud March, from Hyde Park to Exeter Hall: this was Britain’s first march in support of what … ?A1) Women’s Suffrage.Q2) 7th February, 1974, saw the birth of drummer, Danny Goffey: with which Britpop band did he come to prominence … ?Q2) Supergrass.Q3) 7th February, 1984, saw Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the world’s first untethered space-walk using a … what … ?A3) Manned Maneuvering Unit, or MMU: basically a type of jetpack.Q4) 7th February, 1991, saw Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as the first democratically elected president of where … ?A4) Haiti.Q5) And finally … 7th February, 1992, saw the singing of the Maastricht Treaty on European Union: in which country is Maastricht … ?A5) The Netherlands.
Enjoy those, everyone: I’ll catch you later …
* Debbi managed to flag that ad up. But for a classic … ? Here …
2 comments:
1. President Warren G. Harding
2. Algeria. [Elements of the French Armed Forces as well as The Algerian
National Liberation Front (FLN) made use of torture during the Algerian War
of Independence (1954–62), creating an ongoing public controversy.] AND ...
During the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) most French politicians
came to accept the need to grant Algeria its independence. Only the
Organisation armée secrète (OAS; Secret Armed Organization) continued to
resist independence. The Left called for a demonstration on 8 February 1962
to denounce the OAS and the Algerian war. The Paris Police, led by Maurice
Papon, repressed this demonstration, as it had done on 17 October 1961 (when
between 32 and 200, mainly Algerian people, are estimated to have been
killed). Police blocked nearby streets at both ends before charging the
crowd. Demonstrators tried to take refuge in the entry of the Charonne metro
station, but police pursued the crowd into the station and hurled heavy iron
plates (used around the bases of trees and on metro vents) down onto
demonstrators in the stairwells. Eight people were crushed to death or died
from skull fractures and a ninth died from wounds in hospital. All of the
dead, except a sixteen year-old boy, were Communist Party militants or union
members. A massive funeral demonstration drew between quarter and a half
million participants. The dead are buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery near
the Mur des Federes. Police blamed the violence on the demonstrators. A
ceremony at a memorial plaque in the station is held each February 8. [I
didn't know this. Thanks for the history lesson! Makes one consider what's
currently happening in the Mideast.]
3. Babington Plot
4. The Supreme Privy Council of Imperial Russia
5. 24 Hours In Cyberspace, billed as the "largest one-day online event,"
1. Warren Harding
2. Algeria
3. the Babington Plot to depose Elizabeth I
4. the Supreme Privy Council
5. 24 Hours in Cyberspace
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